The Open – Blackpool Tower Ballroom

From 26th-28th October our team travelled to Blackpool, UK to take part in ‘The Open’ International competition. We were delighted to be invited to this inaugural event as competitors and also our Director and Principal Teacher as a guest Adjudicator. 14 WPDA dancers took part over the 3 days with fantastic results in all categories. From…

Break The War

Wojtek Potaszkin Dance Academy was proud to be associated with one of the very first and one-of-a-kind Breakdance and Hip-Hop dance festivals – ‘BREAK THE WAR’ which was held at our studios on the 29th of October. Conceptualised by Adedayo Adeyemi, the one-day event consisted of 1vs1 and 3vs3 adults and kids dance competitions, adjudicated by…

BREAK THE WAR

Wojtek Potaszkin Dance Academy is proud to be associated with one of the very first and one-of-a-kind Breakdance and Hip-Hop dance festivals – ‘BREAK THE WAR’! The one day event will take place at WPDA’s studios in Palmerstown, Dublin on October 29. ‘Break the War’, conceptualised by Adedayo Adeyemi is a series of annual breakdance…

The All Ireland Championships 2022

Our Academy’s dancers were delighted to be back competing at the first national competition of the season – The All Ireland Championships 2022 held in Kildare over the weekend of September 17 & 18. Open events took place on the first day and day two saw the return of student-teacher events after a gap of…

WPDA International Training Camp 2022

Some very exciting news to mark the start of new dance season – we have organised an International Training Camp at WPDA this August. We are very lucky to be able to host an event of such calibre at our studios. Introducing our guest teachers, both world renowned coaches and adjudicators. Mr. Igor Gutovskyi: Igor…

End of the season party at JumpZone!

Well that’s it folks, the 2021/22 season of dance has ended for the summer. To celebrate, some of our dancers bounced, tumbled and dodge-balled their way through a summer party at Jumpzone, Liffey Valley. Lots of fun and energy burned off followed by pizza and cake for our birthday girl Flo. We finished our season…

Sicily Dance Trophy 2022

Marking the end of a very busy international competitive season for our dancers, team WPDA travelled to the sunny town of Catania on the island of Sicily (Italy) over the weekend of June 25-26, 2022 to compete in the ‘Sicily Dance Trophy 2022’ organised by Mr. Alfredo Sgroi. A weekend well spent on the Mediterranean…

Vote for Wojtek!

It gives us great pleasure to share the news over our platform here, that our Principal Teacher and Director, Mr. Wojtek Potaszkin has been nominated for the ‘Polonial Personailty of the Year 2022’. This nomination serves as a recognition of all of Wojtek’s work in the sphere of DanceSport over the years and we wish…

The Irish Open 2022

The DanceSport Federation of Ireland hosted the Irish Open 2022 on the 19th of June at the Dolmen Hotel, Carlow. It was a day well spent for all our dancers, teachers, parents and supporters – with the added excitement of travelling out of city limits for a competition! As always, Team WPDA saw fantastic results…

National Competitions

It’s been a busy and fulfilling month for team WPDA so far, with big events every weekend – most recently, a National Competition which was held at Our Lady’s Hall, Drimnagh, Dublin on the 22nd of May. We enjoyed every second of it! We had dancers participate in all categories. Special shout out to all…

Oksana Nikiforova in WPDA

It was an absolute pleasure to host Ms. Oksana Nikiforova at Wojtek Potaszkin Dance Academy over the weekend of May 14 and 15. This was her first time ever visiting Ireland! Many of our dancers are familiar with Oksana after training with her online before, as well as abroad at International events – we were…

International DanceSport Festival – Pomorie, Bulgaria 2022

The WPDA travelled to Bulgaria to take part in the International WDSF DanceSport Festival. We were hosted by Grand Hotel Pomorie in a superb dance hall setting with a range of events from beginners to world class WDSF Juniors, Youths, Adults and Professionals. There were about 500 dancers taking part in the festival from many…

BDSF Belgian Championships 2022.

At the weekend of 30th April/1st May, the Belgian DanceSport Federation (World DanceSport Federation member body) organised their annual National Championships that were held in a beautiful city of Turnhout near Antwerp. The competition welcomed the very best Belgian dancers in Under21, Adult and Senior divisions. There was also a number of regional competitions and…

Oksana Nikiforova – WPDA, May 2022

It gives us great pleasure to announce that we will have Ms. Oksana Nikiforova here with us at Wojtek Potaszkin Dance Academy, Dublin next month – this will be her very first time in Ireland! “Oksana Nikiforova is a world class dancer recognised widely by the DanceSport community. Most notably she is 3-time Latin World…